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« on: April 11, 2017, 11:28:29 PM »
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    • A Missouri court has ruled in favor of the St. Louis archdiocese and an accused priest in a sex-abuse lawsuit.
    In the suit, Father Joseph Jiang was accused of groping a teenage girl. He had been charged with a criminal offense for the same alleged incident, but the charges were dismissed. The lawsuit against Father Jiang was also dismissed.
    The court rejected the argument that archdiocesan officials should have realized that Father Jiang was a danger to young people. In the wake of the court ruling, the archdiocese released a statement noting that the priest had always insisted that the charges against him were unfounded.

    http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=31251

    He was falsely accused. He stood two trials and his innocence was declared twice.    
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    Re: Innocent
    « Reply #1 on: April 12, 2017, 10:55:04 PM »
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    • A Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Granada, Spain, has been cleared of sex-abuse charges, in a case that saw Pope Francis intervene on behalf of the priest’s accuser.
    David Ramirez Castillo—originally identified only as “Daniel”—had written to Pope Francis in 2014, complaining that he and other young men had been molested by Father Roman Martinez and other priests when they were teenagers. The Pontiff responded by calling Ramirez Castillo to express his sympathy and apologize for the abuse, and demanding a full inquiry by the Granada archdiocese into the allegations about a sex-abuse ring. Ten priests were suspended from ministry during the investigation.
    But now a secular court in Spain has determined that the accusations were unfounded. The court ruled that testimony against Father Martinez was “completely implausible,” and that several details of the complaint by Ramirez Castillo had been proven false.

    http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=31285

    I wonder if His Holiness will give the same recognition to Fr. Martinez' innocence as he gave to his false accuser?
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